Wall facing and wall-facing anchoring means



Nov. 26, 1935. A. J. vERTUNo ,I

WALL FACING ANDv WALL FACING ANCHQRING MEANS F11ed' March 14, 1931 2sheetssheet 1 Nov. 26, 1935. A. .L vERTUNo 2,0?2,363

WALL FACING AND WALL FACING ANCHORING MEANS Filed March 14, 1931 2Sheets-Sheet 2 www M01/Hup.

Patentecl Nov. 26, *1935 UNETED STATS ATENT OFFICE WALL FACING AN?)VALL-FACING ANCHORING MEANS The inventionrelates to improvements in wallfacings of the type in whichseparate facing units simulating bricks,tiles and the like of any sizes and shapes, are secured against either askeleton or complete wall, mortar joints being usually provided betweenthe facing units so that the complete structure effectively simulates asolid wall of conventional construction, even though it is in realityonly al veneered structure.

It is the primary object of the invention to provide a new andadvantageous construction in which vmetal lath of sheet form is providedwith laterally projecting supporting members for the facing units, themetal lath being provided either with flexible backing or without suchbacking, as

desired. The metal lath sheets may be quickly and easily secured to oldwalls, to furring strips, or to studs or the like and constitutes aneffective backing carrying all of the facing units, and permits saidunits to be tenaciously cemented or secured by other plastic to saidlath, providing means in addition to the inter-engaging means of thelath and facing units, for securing the latter in place.

By the term metal lath, I refer not only to conventional expanded metallath, but to lath fabricated from separate wires or the like, relativelysecured in any desired spaced relation. Various forms of theinventionare shown in connection with different types of metal lath, inthe accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is an outer side elevation showing one form of the invention andillustrating the manner in which the supporting members for the facingunits uniformly space them to provide for the formation of mortarjoints, which joints may be raked, ush or of any other desired type.

Fig. 2 is a vertical secti-onal View on line` 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective View of the metal lath and itsbacking shown in Figs. 1 and 2, clearly illustrating a number of thefacing unit supports with which the lath is provided.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional View of the parts shown in Fig. 2 butshowing a slightly dif ferent construction.

Fig. 5 is an elevation showing a different way of providing the metallath with suppo-rts for the facing units.

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional View on line 6 6 of Fig. 5, a number of thefacing units being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 5 but showing a still furthervariation.

Fig. 8 is a sectional View on line 8 8 of Fig. 7.

Figs. 9 and 10 are views corresponding to Figs. 7 and 8 but showing avariation thereover.

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary perspective View showing a still further way ofproviding vthe metal lath with the facing unit supports. 5

Fig. l2 is a fragmentary elevation showing expanded metal lath Varied inaccordance with the invention, whereas the preceding views all embodymetal lath fabricated from crossed wires.

Fig. 13 is an edge View of a portion of the i0 structure shown in Fig.12.

Fig. 14 is a View similar to Fig. 13 but showing a slight changethereover. f

In Figs. 1 to 4, metal lath is disclosed composed of verticalandhorizontal wires i5 and i6 rela- 15 tively secured in any desiredway, said metal lath being provided with a backing il of conventionalnature which may be secured to said lath in any .appropriate manner, forinstance by the stitching wires i8. Arched supports i9 for fac- E20. ingIunits 2Q, are provided for engagement with the metallath. These membersmay beformed from wire or from sheet or strip metal bent into archedform, and their legs 2| are received between the horizontal wires iS andthe backing l l, 2.5i said legs being provided with kinks which formseats 22 for engagement with said Wires i6. These kinks are preferablynear the upper ends of the legs 2 l, and above said kinks, the membersi9 are bent laterally to provide supports 23 for Si) reception ingrooves 2li in the facing units 20. These supports 23 are preferablyinclined from the plane of the metal lath, as shown, but it is possiblethat they could extend in other directions successfully. The grooves 2Hwhich receive these D supports 23, are of much greater size than saidsupports andsaid grooves preferably extend from end to end of the casingunits 20, although this is not absolutely essential. The upper sides 25of the grooves are inclined when 4the supports 23 areV inclined andhence an effective interlock is provided between the supports andgrooves.

In applying the construction so far described, the metal lath and itsbacking are suitably secured to .a complete Wall, tofurring strips or tol5 studs or the like, and the supporting members IiiY are then `placedat proper positions. Suitable plastic is then slushed against arestricted lower portion of the support-equipped lath and one of theunits 2G is buttered except on its front face, 5C with the plastic. Thisunit is then engaged with one of the supports 23- and forced downwardlyand inwardly, during which movement excess plastic is forced through thelath and into the groove 24, the plastic being indicated at 26 in 55?tional mortar joints.

Fig. 2. The downward and inward forcing of the facing unit 20 is limitedby the member 23 coming to rest against the groove side 25 and by therear side of said unit contacting with the vertical wires i5. Hence, ifthe metal lath be initially placed truly and the supporting members I9be accurately constructed and placed, it will be insured that the faceof the completely veneered wall will be in the required plane.

After placing one of the units 2i! above described, the same operationsare repeated in connection with the others, the steps being very similarto those used in laying brick under conventional methods. In so placingthe other units, the mortar 26 between them assists in securing saidunits in addition to simulating the conven- Not only are the unitseffectively secured to the metal lath by the interlock between them andthe supporting members I9, but they become further secured by the plas-`tic and it will be observed that this plastic effectively keys into thegrooves 24.

Fig. l shows a construction identical with that above described, withthe exception that the supporting member I9EL shown therein, is providedwith no kinks, the seats 22a for engaging the wires i5, being merelyformed by the forward bending of the upper ends of said member.

In Figs. 5 and 6, the metal lath is formed from vertical wires 27 andhorizontal wires 28 suitably secured together, and a backing 29 is shownsuitably secured to said lath. To provide supports for the facing units,the horizontal wires 28 are outwardly stamped at intervals as shown at3l), providing the required supports which may be at any desired angleto the plane of the lath.

In Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10, backed metal lath is shown formed of verticalwires 3| and horizontal wires 32, and to provide supports for the facingunits, spaced portions of said vertical wires are outwardly stamped asshown at 33. 'Ihese supports 33 may of course be at any desired angle tothe plane of the lath, In Figs. 7 and 8, the wire portions 33 aloneconstitute the supports for the facing members, but in Figs. 9 and l0,additional horizontal wires 34 are secured upon said portions 33,co-acting therewith in supporting the facing units.

In Fig. 1l, suitably backed metal lath is shown formed of vertical wires35 and horizontal wires At intervals, the vertical wires 35 are cut asseen at 3l and the wire portions immediately below the cuts are bentlaterally at suitable angles to provide supports 38 for the facingunits.

In Figs. l2, 13 and 14, expanded metal lath 39 is shown havinghorizontal cuts 40 at suitable intervals. The metal immediately belowthe cuts is bent laterally outward to provide supports 4I for the facingunits, which supports may be inclined to or perpendicular to the planeof the lath, as will be seen by a comparison of Figs. 13 and 14.

All forms of the invention are rather simple and inexpensive and hencecan be manufactured at small cost. All of them however provide forexpeditious veneering of old or new, complete or skeleton walls, andinsure that the completely veneered job shall effectively simulate asolid wall formed of separate building units (bricks, tiles or the like)with mortar joints between. In certain cases however, it will beunderstood that the veneered wall may not be a simulation of a solidwall. It may merely constitute a more perfect form of a known veneeredwall. For instance, if the facing units be tiles similar to those asillustrative only for it is obvious that within the scope of theinvention as claimed, numerous variations other than those hereindisclosed could well be made. Obviously, the size of the facing unitsmay vary from the size of regular commercial brick to large slabs,either of plain surface or simulating a number of bricks. The units canalso simulate marble slabs, or slabs or pieces of other material ormaterials. One or more of the projecting .supporting members may be usedto support each facing unit according to the size of the latter.

I claim:-

1. Openwork metal lath of sheet form provided with laterally projectingfacing-unit-supporting members, and facing units for application againfresh plastic applied to said metal lath, said facing units havingrecesses to receive said laterally projecting supporting members.

2. Openwork metal lath of sheet form provided with laterally projectingfacing-unit-supporting members, and facing units for application againstfresh plastic applied to said metal lath, said facing units havingrecesses to receive said laterally projecting supporting members, thelatter being positioned to space said units apart sufficiently to formmortar joints between them.

3. Openwork metal lath of sheet form provided with laterally projectingfacing-unit-supporting members, and facing units for application againstfresh plastic applied to said metal lath, said facing units havingrecesses to receive said laterally projecting supporting members, saidrecesses being of much greater size than said supporting members wherebythey may receive some of the plastic to additionally secure said units.

fi. Openwork metal lath of sheet form provided with laterally projectingfacing-unit-supporting members which incline from the plane of the lathsheet, and facing units for application against fresh plastic applied tosaid metal lath, said units having plastic receiving grooves in theirsides much larger than said supporting members and adapted to receivethe latter, said grooves having inclined horizontal upper sides adaptedto rest on said supporting members.

5. Openwcrk metal lath of sheet form provided with-spaced rows oflaterally projecting facingunit-supporting members, saidfacing-unit-supporting members of any row being spaced apart in thedirection of said row and being staggered with respect to those of thenext adjacent row.

6. Metal lath of sheet form, a exible backing secured to said metallath, and arched facingunit-supporting members having their legsreceived between said metal lath and said backing, the upper portions ofsaid arched members being disposed at the outer side of said metal lathand bent laterally for engagement with facing units.

7. A structure as specified in Vclaim 6; said legs of said archedmembers having kinks forming seats engaging portions of the metal lath.

8. An arched facing-unit-supporting member whose legs are substantiallyuni-directional from their free ends to the crown portion of saidmember, said crown portion being bent laterally from the plane of saidlegs for connection with a facing unit.

9. An arched facing-unit-supporting member whose legs are substantiallyuni-directional from their free ends to the crown portion of saidmember, said crown portion being bent laterally from the plane of saidlegs for connection with a facing unit, said legs having kinks providinglathengaging seats.

i0. Metal lath of sheet form having numerous openings and metalpor-tions between said openings, some of said metal portions havinghorizontal cuts, said metal portions being laterally bent directly under'said cuts to provide facing-unitsupporting members.

11. A facing-unit-supporting member having an attaching portion in asingle plane for insertion between metal lath and a supportingstructure, said facing-unit-supporting member having afacing-unit-supporting portion projecting obliquely `from the plane ofsaid attaching portion for reception in a facing-unit recess.

12. Metal lath of sheet form, and arched facing-unit-supporting membershaving their legs positioned behind said metal lath, the upper portionsof said arched members being disposed at the outer side of said metallath and being bent laterally for engagement with facing units.

13. A structure as specified in claim 12, said legs of said archedmembers having kinks forming seats engaging portions of the metal lath.

lll. Metal lath of sheet form, a flexible backing secured to said lath,and facing-unit-supporting members having vertical portions receivedbetween said metal lath and said backing, said supporting members havingprojecting portions extending beyond the outer side of said metal lathfor engagement with facing units.

l5. A structure as specified in claim 14, the first named portions ofsaid supporting members having kinks forming seats engaging portions ofthe metal lath.

16. Metal lath of sheet form secured against a flat support, andfacing-unit-supporting members having attaching portions insertedbetween said lath and said support and lying in a plane parallel withsaid lath and support, said facingunit-supporting members havingfacing-unitsupporting portions projecting forwardly through said lath.

17. Metal lath of sheet form secured against a at support, andfacing-unit-supporting members having attaching portions insertedbetween said lath and said support and lying in a plane parallel withsaid lath and support, said facingunit-supporting members havingfacing-unitsupporting portions at the upper ends of said attachingportions and projecting forwardly through said lath, said attachingportions having kinks forming seats resting upon horizontal portions ofthe lath.

18. In a wall, openwork metal lath of sheet form provided with laterallyprojecting facingunit-supporting members, plastic applied to andimbedding said openwork lath and said supporting members, and facingunits applied against and imbedded at their rear portions in saidplastic, said facing units having recesses receiving saidfacing-unit-supporting members and part of said plastic.

19. In a wall, a supporting structure provided with spaced rows ofhorizontally spaced facingunit-supporting members, said supportingmembers of any row being staggered with respect to bers of any row beingstaggered with respect to those of the next adjacent row, plasticapplied to said supporting structure and irnbedding saidfacing-unit-supporting members, and horizontal rows of facing unitsapplied against and imbedded at their rear portions in said plastic,said facing units having recesses receiving said supporting members andsome of said plastic, said rows of facing units'being spaced apart, andthe 20 facing units of each row being spaced apart horizontally andstaggered with respect to those of the next adjacent row, therebyexposing sufcient of said plastic around all of the units to constitutemortarl joints.

21. In a wall, openwork metal lath of sheet form provided with spacedrows of horizontally spaced facing-unit-supporting members, thesupporting members of any row being staggered with respect to those ofthe next adjacent row, plastic applied to and imbedding said openworkmetal lath and said supporting members, and horizontal rows of facingunits applied against and imbedded at their rear portions in said`plastic, said facing units having recesses receiving said supportingmembers and some of said plastic, said rows of facing units being spacedapart, and the facing units of each row being spaced apart horizontallyand staggered with respect to those of the next adjacent row, therebyexposing sufficient of said plastic around all of the units toconstitute mortar joints.

22. Metal lath having a plurality of strands, and cuts in single strandsat intervals, the portions of the cut strands directly under said cutsbeing bent laterally to provide facing-unit-supporting members.

23. Metal lath comprising straight vertical wires spaced aparthorizontally, and horizontal wires spaced apart vertically, saidhorizontal wires having upwardly and laterally bent portions betweensaid vertical wires to provide facing-unit-supporting members.

24. Open-work metal lath comprising straight horizontal wires spacedapart vertically and vertical wires spaced apart horizontally, saidvertical wires having upwardly and laterally bent arched portionsbetween said horizontal wires and constituting facing-unit-supportingmembers, both the upper and the lower sides of saidfacing-unit-supporting members being inclined in substantially the samedirection, said upper sides being at acute angles to the plane of thelath.

25. A structure as specified in claim 24, together with additionalstraight horizontal wires secured to the outer ends of saidfacing-unit-supporting members.

26. In a wall, a supporting structure, openwork lath with laterallyprojecting facing-unit-supporting members, plastic applied to saidopenwork lath, and facing-units applied against and imbedded in saidplastic, said facing-units having recesses receiving saidfacing-unit-supporting members and part of said plastic.

27. In a wall, a supporting structure, openwork lath of sheet form,facing-unit-supporting members adapted for attachment to said open- Worklath, said supporting members having projecting portions extendingbeyond the outer side of said lath, and facing-units having recessesreceiving said projecting portions of said facingunit-supportingmembers.

28. In a wall, a supporting structure, metal lath of sheet form securedto said supporting structure, facing-unit-supports carried solely bysaid metal lath and projecting from the outer side of the same,facing-units engaged with said acing-unit-supports, a backing sheetsecured to said metal lath and engaging said supporting structure, andplastic confined between said backing sheet and facing-units foranchoring the latter.

29. Metal lath having a plurality of strands, and cuts in single strandsat intervals, portions of the cut strands being bent laterally toprovide facing-unit-supporting members.

30. Metal lath of sheet form having numerous openings and metal portionsbetween said openings, some of said metal portions having cuts, saidmetal portions being bent laterally at one side of said cuts to providefacing-unit-supporting members.

31. Metal lath having a plurality of strands and cuts in one or morestrands at intervals, portions of the cut strands being bent laterally.

32. In a Wall, a supporting structure provided with laterally projectingfacing-unit-supporting members, plastic applied to said supportingstructure and said facing-unit-supporting members, and facing-unitsapplied against and embedded in said plastic, said facing-units havingrecesses receiving said facing-unit-supporting members and part of saidplastic, said facingunit-supporting members being positioned to so spacesaid facing-units as to leave mortar joints between them.

33. In a Wall construction, an open' lattice work support structurecomprising spaced relatively rigid supporting portions, plastic appliedto the support structure, and recessed facing units applied in spacedrelation against and embedded in said plastic, the supporting portionsof the support structure being received Within the recesses of thefacing units whereby to support the latter, and the plastic extendinginto the recesses and between the facing units.

34. In a wall construction, an open lattice work support structurecomprising spaced relatively rigid supporting portions, plastic appliedto the support structure, and recessed facing units applied against saidplastic with the supporting portions of the support structure receivedWithin the recesses of the facing units, said recesses beingsubstantially larger than the received supporting portions to permitsubstantially perpendicular application of the facing units to thesupport structure, the plastic extending into the recesses.

35. In a Wall construction, an open lattice work support structurecomprising spaced relatively rigid supporting portions, plastic appliedto the support structure and recessed facing units applied against saidplastic with the supporting portions of the support structure receivedwithin the recesses of the facing units, said recesses beingsubstantially larger than the received supporting portions and havingpockets formed at their upper portions adapted to directly receive thesupporting portions whereby the facing units may be hung in lockedrelation upon the support structure with the plastic extending into therecesses.

ANTHONY J. VER'I'UNO.

